"I digressed on the topic of waterboarding to show for one thing it's really not torture. No one is hurt by it. They just perceive they will be. At most it could be called virtual torture."You ought to read the LATimes op/ed to which Stanek links, but the reason abortion has receded from political view to a degree (ref: Mukasey nomination) is that pro-lifers have been winning the argument on abortion.
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pro-lifers have been winning the argument on abortion.
Your anti-choice campaign is pointless for 2 reasons.
1) A study by scientists from the World Health Organization, and the Guttmacher Institute in New York have shown that instances of abortion declined the most where abortion was safe and legal.
http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2007/10/11/index.html
2) This global study of abortion also concluded that abortion rates are similar in countries where it is legal and those where it is not, suggesting that outlawing the procedure does little to deter women seeking it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/world/12abortion.html?ex=1350187200&en=b8a170af9a900626&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
The study showed that the result of outlawing abortion has been to endanger women's lives. The study indicated that about 20 million abortions that would be considered unsafe are performed each year and that 67,000 women die as a result of complications from those abortions, most in countries where abortion is illegal.
Your continued preoccupation with denying women reproductive rights is dangerous, irrational, and counterproductive. It is an example of enforcing a religious agenda where it doesn't belong - into our laws.
Religion? A fetus is human. It's living. Where's the religion?
And I wasn't referring to the global debate on abortion--different contexts, different realities.
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